Those having an interest in taiji who happen to be in the area. Your more than welcomed to stop by. 如果你對太極感興趣， 歡迎到我們的練習場地。 While not directly associated with any one taiji style the focus of this work is to help lead one in achieving inner and outer freedom through movement aligned with classical Chinese thought commonly […]
“He starts late but arrives first” How can this be, he starts late but arrives first. A couple of ways of looking at this. A: A short cut knowing the destination. B: Being the destination one is already there. If one knows the destination and attempts a short cut the other can always change. Many […]
“Boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. .”That’s impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Boy: There is no spoon. Neo: There is no spoon? Boy: Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.” “男孩：不要試圖想彎曲湯匙。那是不可能的。 相反地只是試著去認識真相。Neo：這是什麼道理？男孩：沒有湯匙。Neo：沒有湯匙？男孩：那麼你會發現不是湯匙彎曲，只是你自己彎曲。” “To try and realize the truth.” […]
To be authentic is to be the author of oneself “Mike Staples“ A very deep question in part answered by ones practice provided its based on being authentic. The constant search in finding a true teacher teaching “authentic” taiji as practiced by past masters. Much time is spent in finding teachers each claiming to have […]
Sam, as he liked to be called was in many ways ahead of his time. Having come from a hard style back ground his hands were gnarled not with age but with the training he did as a much younger man toughing them on coconut trees growing on the island. I can still hear him in […]
A young teenager would walk into a small gym close to the famous Golden Gate park in San Francisco. Mike greeting him in his warm yet quiet way. Not understanding what I would find. Mike offered a small history of the style and then lead me through the gym not saying much. Much of what […]
“Astride the Ox, I reach home. I am serene. The Ox too can rest.” “The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name” Ten Ox Herding Pictures for me are stages of practice that I find my self going though in my […]
“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal name The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of myriad things. Thus, constantly free of desire. One observes its wonders. Constantly filled with desire One observes its manifestations […]
A typical 6hr training session in land of the morning calm “Korea” another hot humid summer day, shrill cry of the cicadas, interrupted by a visitor who had been watching. Another young GI much like myself. He asked Mr Park if he could spar with me. Mr. Park sensing his intent told me to “knock […]
In my own journey to emptiness I have had many teachers/guides along the way.In the 70s as a young teenager growing up in San Francisco during the troubled times of the day. Looking for a refuge, Chinese Martial Arts opened its door and invited me in. Little did I know I could never leave. White […]
Blog Slovenskega združenja za Chenjiagou taijiquan
Martial Arts History, Wing Chun and Chinese Martial Studies.
A blog about Taiji Quan, Bagua Zhang, and other internal martial arts
